Dear colleagues and Psi-k-ers,

If you are going to the next APS March Meeting in New Orleans (Monday, March 13, 2017 - Friday, March 17, 2017), we would like to attract your attention to the focus session

16.1.5 Electrons, Phonons and Electron-Phonon Scattering

The session is organized by David Singh and Matthieu Verstraete, under the aegis of DCOMP, and will focus on the physics of the coupling of electrons and phonons, through theory and numerical methods. We are expanding in 2017 into thermal logic and phononics, but will also feature electrical and thermal transport, thermoelectrics, traditional and exotic superconductivity, and anharmonic dynamics.

You can submit your abstract directly at:

http://abstracts.aps.org/Meeting.cfm?thisMeetingID=MAR17

and select the Focus Session in the "Sorting Category" drop down list in Step 3.

All the best and see you in New Orleans,

David Singh and Matthieu Verstraete

16.1.5 Electrons, Phonons and Electron-Phonon Scattering (DCOMP)

Electron-phonon interactions play a central role in many phenomena, most classically the resistivity of metals at ordinary temperatures, and are important for electrical and thermal conductivity of thermoelectrics, the temperature dependence of the optical band gaps of semiconductors, and other phenomena such as phonon drag. This focus topic covers electron-phonon interactions emphasizing fundamental physics, direct computation, first principles and phenomenological theory, optical and phonon spectroscopy and novel effects in nanostructures, nanodevices, 2D materials, and bulk materials. This focus topic also includes the emerging area of phononics, in particular manipulating phonon eigenstates or coherent superpositions, e.g. for logical operations or to manipulate sound or heat in unconventional ways.

List of DCOMP focus sessions:
https://www.aps.org/units/dcomp/meetings/focus-topics.cfm